Jimmy Johnson on Tim Tebow's NFL future

by Dan Kadar on Nov 25, 2009 4:13 PM EST in 2010 NFL Draft

Find the entire story by Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports here.

"I don’t think Tebow can play in a pro style of offense – not quarterback. ... If you’re going to take Tim Tebow, and you’re going to say ‘OK, I’m going to have him be our quarterback,’ you might as well get rid of your coaching staff and hire a spread offense coach. So bring in a new coaching staff – bring in Urban Meyer with him, and run that style of offense if he’s going to be your quarterback. Because he can’t play in a pro style of offense."

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Thank You Captain Obvious...

The more I see Vince Young leading the Titans offense to wins that Kerry Collins couldn’t, the more I think Tim Tebow can succeed at the NFL level. Heck, look at Tom Brady running almost everything out of the shotgun and tell me that the NFL needs a QB that can line up under center most of the time. The truth is that any team willing to commit to an offense that Tebow can excel at (if the Dolphins can do well running the Wildcat…) is going to do well with Tebow playing QB.

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by ejruiz on Nov 25, 2009 9:36 PM EST reply actions

The Titans are leaning harder on CJ with VY starting, the awful secondary play has improved and the schedule has been easier

those are all bigger factors than VY, not that Collins was playing well but they have given their best player more touches against worse teams while the secondary has remembered how to defend the pass. That’ll lead to more wins no matter who is playing QB.

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by TheTealDeal on Nov 25, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions

I’m a hardcore Gators fan and I believe JJ is right. Finding coaches to run the spread offense isn’t the challenge, it’s Tebow’s arm that will hold him back.

Look at it this way. The Colts and now the Patriots run the spread and they are arguably two of the best offenses in the league. Why? Because they have amazing quarterbacks with amazing passing abilities. Tebow isn’t a great passer. He could become one I suppose but at present time he is just lacking in that area.

I do think if someone decided that wanted Tebow to become their QB it’d be a lot like how the Titans are running it now. He’d have to have an amazing running back to support his 20 or so passes a game.

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by KingRichard on Nov 26, 2009 10:23 AM EST reply actions

What? When did the Colts and Pats start running the spread?

by Phantaskippy on Nov 26, 2009 5:49 PM EST up reply actions

I think he's referring to the fact

That both of them have a high percentage of snaps (relative to other teams) out of the shotgun, both are primarily passing offenses, and both like to spread the field with receivers.

by Brendan Scolari on Nov 27, 2009 4:58 AM EST up reply actions

That is true, and after writing that I started thinking about all the teams that run the “spread” and there are a lot of different offenses that get called the spread. I’m more used to the WVU and Florida style, so I think of teams that run out of spread packages a lot more than the Colts or Pats.

by Phantaskippy on Nov 27, 2009 4:02 PM EST up reply actions

That'd be the spread-option offense

But for example Hawaii and Texas Tech both run the spread, and they very rarely run the ball.

by Brendan Scolari on Nov 27, 2009 6:05 PM EST up reply actions

Tebow doesn’t have the raw physical ability of VY, and a running QB needs a cannon for an arm. Kordel worked alright for the Steelers because we had a dominant run game and he could throw the ball 85 yards so the deep threat was there to stretch the field a bit.

Same with Vince, every QB does much better with a great run game, but a QB who can run relies more on the running game. not only do you cheat up to stop the run, when they do pass you have to keep people in to watch VY. Tebow with a lesser arm won’t threaten deep, and teams will play a shorter zone and kill him. He could work in Miami maybe, but Ronnie Brown is a better runner so the Wildcat isn’t going to be taken away from him.

Teebow may get a team that wants a QB for the wildcat type offense, but Tebow isn’t a running back and the QB runs don’t work as well in the NFL.

by Phantaskippy on Nov 26, 2009 5:55 PM EST reply actions